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OrderedDictionary.Contains(Object) method is used to check whether the OrderedDictionary collection contains a specific key or not.

Syntax:

public bool Contains (object key);

Here, key is the key to locate in the OrderedDictionary collection.

Return Value: This method returns True if the OrderedDictionary collection contains an element with the specified key, otherwise, False.

Below given are some examples to understand the implementation in a better way:

Example 1:




// C# code to check if OrderedDictionary
// collection contains a specific key
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Driver method
    public static void Main()
    {
  
        // Creating a orderedDictionary named myDict
        OrderedDictionary myDict = new OrderedDictionary();
  
        // Adding key and value in myDict
        myDict.Add("key1", "value1");
        myDict.Add("key2", "value2");
        myDict.Add("key3", "value3");
        myDict.Add("key4", "value4");
        myDict.Add("key5", "value5");
  
        // Checking if OrderedDictionary
        // collection contains a specific key
        Console.WriteLine(myDict.Contains("Key6"));
    }
}


Output:

False

Example 2:




// C# code to check if OrderedDictionary
// collection contains a specific key
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
  
class GFG {
  
    // Driver method
    public static void Main()
    {
  
        // Creating a orderedDictionary named myDict
        OrderedDictionary myDict = new OrderedDictionary();
  
        // Adding key and value in myDict
        myDict.Add("key1", "value1");
        myDict.Add("key2", "value2");
        myDict.Add("key3", "value3");
        myDict.Add("key4", "value4");
        myDict.Add("key5", "value5");
  
        // Displaying the key/value pairs in myDict
        foreach(DictionaryEntry de in myDict)
            Console.WriteLine(de.Key + " --> " + de.Value);
  
        // Checking if OrderedDictionary collection
        // contains a specific key
        if (myDict.Contains("key4"))
            myDict.Remove("key4");
  
        // Displaying the key/value pairs in myDict
        foreach(DictionaryEntry de in myDict)
            Console.WriteLine(de.Key + " --> " + de.Value);
    }
}


Output:

key1 --> value1
key2 --> value2
key3 --> value3
key4 --> value4
key5 --> value5
key1 --> value1
key2 --> value2
key3 --> value3
key5 --> value5

Note: Using the Item[Object] property can return a null value if the key does not exist or if the key is null. Use the Contains method to determine if a specific key exists in the OrderedDictionary collection.

Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.specialized.ordereddictionary.contains?view=netframework-4.7.2



Last Updated : 01 Feb, 2019
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